''Macaria signaria'', the dusky peacock, pale-marked angle or spruce-fir looper, is a
moth of the family
Geometridae. The species was
first described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1809. Subspecies ''Semiothisa signaria signaria'' is found in Europe,
Turkey, the
Caucasus,
Transcaucasia, the
Ural,
Siberia,
Far East,
Sakhalin, northern
Iran and
Japan
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. Subspecies ''Macaria signaria dispuncta'' is found in North America (from
Yukon and
Newfoundland
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to
North Carolina,
New Mexico,
Arizona and
California).
The
wingspan is 20–28 mm. The moth flies from May to July depending on the location.
The
larvae feed on ''
Picea abies'' and ''
Larix sibirica''.
External links
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''Semiothisa signaria signaria'' (Hübner, 1809) invalid synonym for ITIS''Macaria signaria dispuncta'' (Walker, 1860) invalid synonym for ITIS''Macaria signaria'' (Hübner, 1809) valid for ITIS''Fauna Europaea''''Lepiforum e.V.''
Macariini
Moths of Japan
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Moths described in 1809
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